. . ent forthe nest. Six to eleven light olive-green eggs are laid. THE RING-BILLED OR RING-NECKED DUCK* This duck has many popular synonyms, among othersRing-billed, Ring-billed Shuffler, Ring-necked Scaup Duck,or Blue-bill Fall Duck (Minnesota), Black Jack (Illinois),Moon-bill (South Carolina). It is found throughout thewhole of North America, south to Guatemala and the WestIndies; breeding from Iowa, southern Wisconsin, Minne-sota, and Maine northward. It is accidental in Europe. The chief variation in the plumage of this species
. . ent forthe nest. Six to eleven light olive-green eggs are laid. THE RING-BILLED OR RING-NECKED DUCK* This duck has many popular synonyms, among othersRing-billed, Ring-billed Shuffler, Ring-necked Scaup Duck,or Blue-bill Fall Duck (Minnesota), Black Jack (Illinois),Moon-bill (South Carolina). It is found throughout thewhole of North America, south to Guatemala and the WestIndies; breeding from Iowa, southern Wisconsin, Minne-sota, and Maine northward. It is accidental in Europe. The chief variation in the plumage of this species con-sists in the distinctness of the chestnut collar in the male,which is usually well defined, particularly in front. Thereis very little in its habits to distinguish it from the otherblack-heads. Like them, it usually associates in smallflocks. Its flesh is excellent, being fat, tender, and juicy. W. L. Dawson, in Birds of Ohio, says: This ele-gant species bears a general resemblance to the lesser scaup,but is nowhere so common unless it be in Minnesota, the. i^
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